domingo, 5 de septiembre de 2010

CLEANSE YOUR DEMONS "2010 Demo" (2010, Death/Thrash Metal)

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I received this demo thanks to Brian Pattison, one of the authors of the excellent book about death metal scene of the eighties “Glorious Times”. This band is from Toronto, Canada, formed early this year with four experienced musicians. Former member is Nick Sagias on bass/vocals (Overthrow, Pestilence, Soulstorm, Monster Voodoo Machine), and then joined the band Rick Kowalski (Soulstorm), Anthony Poto (Crawl) on guitars, and Wayne Powell on drums (Also Overthrow). They started to play gigs supporting this demo and there are plans for record another five tracks in October.

About this demo, it consists of three pieces of death/thrash metal. There is no doubt about the efficiency and experience that deliver this guys, they play aggressive tunes without using excessive speed on them. So we have the very Black Sabbathish influence on “Kingdom Of Rats” (Just hear the riff which starts on 04:57) but with sharp guitars and the brutal growl of Nick. “Negative Carrier” is more straight forward and focus on brutality, retaining again the mid tempos instead of blast beats in an age of bands that look for speed for the speed sake. “Rotting Season” is my favorite tune, it has certain “groove” on the composition, a tiny influence of Obituary and it’s a really heavy and catchy song. I believe that this demo it’s a very good start and the band for sure will achieve more goals in the future. Don’t be afraid to be cleansed and check this guys!.